Archive for September, 2008

Beer Haiku Daily: Sweet Chariot

O’er yonder beer
You rise with the eastern sun
Lo, sweet chariot
Written by Brian Yaeger.
References: Marston’s Sweet Chariot
Thing of the Day: Red, White, and Brew: An American Beer Odyssey
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Beer Bits 2: Brew Basement & Teach a Friend to Brew Day

My wife and I have been hauling junk out of the basement for a couple days now and I have to say I’m feeling pretty good about it. Unfortunately our oven just died so we have to divert some energy to that too. Its always something.I received confirm…

All-Grain Evangelist: A Beer Brewer’s Blog, The: Inlet Temperature Probe For My HERMS

The first piece that I wanted to build for my HERMS system was the thermowell for the inlet temperature probe. With that, I wanted to measure the temperature of the liquid returning to the mash tun. I tried to model mine after this one I found in th…

MNBeer – By, for and about Minnesota beer. Dedicated to MN breweries, brewpubs & homebrew: McCann’s Autumn Brew Review Lineup

Here goes… Chris also has keg-hopped Euro Pils on tap right now at McCann’s. Drink up!
Keg Hopped Deep Seven
I load handfuls of leaf hops in a keg and top it off with our house IPA. Hop heaven!
Flame
A strong amber ale aged on toasted fren…

Sioux Brew: Sioux Falls bar named to magazine’s “100 Best Places to Drink Beer in America”

From a press release –
 

 Monks House of Ale Repute owner Jerry Hauck
Sioux Falls, South Dakota – September 10, 2008 – Monks House of Ale Repute, 420 E 8th St., will be recognized nationally as Imbibe Magazine announces its list of 100 Best Pl…

Seen Through a Glass: Missed Opportunities: a shout out to Jack, Kerry, Gregg, and King Ron

Okay, this is going to be a little complicated, but I just saw something that made me pissed, intrigued, nostalgic, and happy, all at the same time. It’s this entry in Evan Rail’s excellent Czech beer blog (which I really need to read more regularly)….

The Thirsty Hopster: Beer – it IS for breakfast, after all

Beer at breakfast, actually just brunch really, is something I’ve long advocated.  My two best memories of brunch beers are:

Sipping a Deschutes Obsidian Stout on a sunny morning on the back patio of a restaurant Ashland, OR, amidst …

Lest we forget

…how beautiful a beer is the 2008 Sasquatch Legacy Vienna Lager… at the Sasquatch Legacy release earlier this year at the Horse Brass… if any of you know that it’s pouring somewhere, perhaps you’ll leave a comment or e-mail me…I’d…

The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: Lest we forget

…how beautiful a beer is the 2008 Sasquatch Legacy Vienna Lager… at the Sasquatch Legacy release earlier this year at the Horse Brass… if any of you know that it’s pouring somewhere, perhaps you’ll leave a comment or e-mail me…I’d…

Seen Through a Glass: Sly Fox Oktoberfest

I stopped by Sly Fox Royersford and picked up a quarter of Oktoberfest for Labor Day weekend with Cathy’s family in upstate NY. We like Oktoberfest beers. So I get there with the kids, we have a good lunch (with, unfortunately, some sub-par service……